1
: deficient in or free from blood
2
: not accompanied by loss or shedding of blood
a bloodless victory
3
: lacking in spirit or vitality
4
: lacking in human feeling
bloodless statistics
bloodlessly
adverb
bloodlessness
noun
Examples of bloodless in a Sentence
They took control of the government in a bloodless coup.
Her speeches are dull and bloodless.
a bunch of bloodless numbers and statistics
His face was bloodless with fear.
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Since independence in 1956, their country has experienced more coups than any other in Africa, most short-lived and bloodless.
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Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
The Donald is not anyway like the Dapper Don, a murderous Mob leader, and hapless Cohen is no bloodless killer like Gravano.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 May 2024
But Doha has emerged as a regional power in the years since 1995, when Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani carried out a bloodless coup against his father, who had been emir for more than two decades.
—Yoel Guzansky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2024
The skin of the limp body — draped all the way across the canvas — is what speaks loudest: The bloodless flesh of a corpse going bluish gray says dead.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
The Donald is not anyway like the Dapper Don, a murderous Mob leader, and hapless Cohen is no bloodless killer like Gravano.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 May 2024
But Doha has emerged as a regional power in the years since 1995, when Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani carried out a bloodless coup against his father, who had been emir for more than two decades.
—Yoel Guzansky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2024
The skin of the limp body — draped all the way across the canvas — is what speaks loudest: The bloodless flesh of a corpse going bluish gray says dead.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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“Bloodless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodless. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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bloodless
adjective
blood·less
ˈbləd-ləs 
1
: having less blood than normal
2
: done without bloodshed
a bloodless revolution
3
: lacking in spirit or feeling
bloodlessly
adverb
bloodlessness
noun
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